Socialist Beauty

We got a kick out of this recent satirical piece in the Washington Post by Ecuadorean economist Sebastian Hurtado Perez. Perez's modest proposal, entitled "Workers of the World Exfoliate!," suggests that in a socialist society, beauty should be spread around. His "suggestions" include affirmative action for the 90 percent of the population that isn't good-looking, stringent allocation of wrinkle creams and other beauty products so that everyone gets an equal share, and immigration policies with quotas on gorgeous models from other countries. Read it and laugh.